Mausoleum.



WzL. LAWRENCE.

MAUSOLEUM. APRLIOATION FILED JUNE 21, 911.

Patented 0013.15, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

W. L. LAWRENCE.

MAUSOLEUM. APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 21,1911.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

YVAIRREN 3L. LA'WBENGE, I EUREKA,

EAUSOLEUHL spefiificatiml Letters Patent ll tntentetl llet. 23193.2

Application filetl June 21, 1911. Serial No.

' and for maintaining theniin practically h \liutely over the end of a discharge pipe 11 tight compartments after desiccation.

A further object of the invention is he provision of a mausoleum or the like having means for desiccation the bodies placed therein and for drying the air prior to heating the same so that perfectly tlry' air is received into the compartments and iilso for removing the germs from the air expelled from the mausoleum.

Further objet-ts of the invention will pea as the following specific description is read iii-connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application. 'anrl in which Figure 1 is a front elevation With parts broken away. Fig. is i. eeotionouthe line 2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. lis a hor ontel seetion on the Knees-slot Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is .1. horizontal section on the line 55 of Fi Reterring more purtieulzu-ly to the drawingrs', 1 represents the front. 2 the hack Wit-.. 3 the side Walls, 4i the top and 5 the bottom. The side walls may he in the form of par titions and the following (lQSC-l'llJGtl devi e duplicated as many times as is found he sary for eoi'nmunity mausoleum or the l The front: and back walls have connected thereto 01". formed as a part thereof i118 floors or horizontal partitions 6 which, wit 1 the front and hack walls and the wells. form compartments '7 in whieh the ootlins or caskets 8 are placed. Each 02-.

iii 0 I preferably formed with a. hole 9 in -the bot.- tom and the glass of the some is broken away or slitl back, as shown at 10, to provitlea. passage for, heated air through. the some. The opening 9 is located iminewhich is embedded in the horizontal portition and in the-vertical tront wall extending from the discharge e'ntl below the bottom 5 and into a compartment 12 which tormetl below the bottom and is closed by a erle the val is not stertetl end the [tour retell door 13 hinged to the. heel; Wall. Ciel; em'npmrtnient is supplied with e. pipe or similar design having a vslvel l therein which is atlziptetl to cute-ti the air tothe commitments. tor purpose to he hereinafter described.

linihecltletl in the ground atit suitable ills-tome from the mausoleum is 2 fuel supply tool; 15 having a, supply nipple it) pro jecting shove the grouuzl shtl a supply pipe 17 leading into the compartment 19 Where it: furnished with a humor controlled by a valve Between the burner 18' and .Lu. the perforated (lOUl' 13 there is preferably placed a pan Q0 aclsptetl to eontnii'i suitable quantity oi sotliuiu mime or other moisture uhsorhii' he material Wli-'ill takes up u'ioisture entering" through the door 1 3i and insures prm'wtically it}; a being; to the pipes ll. 'lhe sir .a'lte pa. flog; through the pipes sn l-througegh th. v ets 8, is dischargecl through outlet i; "\VhlCll'QX- tentl up through the top t out are provided with relies *2 located in the eompm'tinent 23 between the top anti the roof 1.

in order that the sir passing out. o? the discharge pipes 21 may he propeily trester to prevent. the spread oi? disease there is formed in the rear wall. between the top 4; spot the root 24,4111 opening; and at. the inset-portion of the opening se}' u'r:tte cages 26 anti l are mounted. is similar cage 28 to the em These (egos 'fzilline formultlohytle .l t fltil'llj uml Qermieitle iron] the oil all tliseuse :1 (*irouitous pa h are iilletl with 1:. or smno simi Ll which will resume germs 518 it p out. of the mausoleum. Alter to hotly has heen'propei'ly des re-outed it a n are closetl so :is to pro airtight compartment. '5 :1 re prel eruhly olosetl hy stubs upon which suitable inscriptions may he pl l l' hen hotlies int red in the vault have (liotl es the result to some oontegious or infectious disses", l" preferably plane in the COll1}7t3.lll1HlZ, ln place of the sotlium' ehloritl, a solution containing liq: '(l formaldehyde and place upon that. of

suii-uhl e (plant i w crystalline poru'iangozmte oi" potash W liich iiy its violent eli'ervescenoe oreutos a high y antiseptic gas. in this l s out-e the tothe sir t o rner Clml11- her is tem orarily sealed in any suitable manner. T is will permit the gases to pass only through the tubes direct to the casket compartments. After the casket compartments have been filled with said gases the stop cocks of the pipes leading into and out of the same are closed, thereby holding the gases in the compartment, preferably for a period of forty-eight hours or more, when all germs in the subject will be destroyed. The process before described is then resorted to to dry out the moisture in the body. In desiccating the bodies a hygrometer is preferably fittedto the upper air chamber so as to determine when there is no moisture in any ofthe bodies by virtue of the fact that there is no moisture in the air passing out of the upper chamber. lVhen this state of the process is reached the valves are closed and the lower and upper air chambers are preferably filled with cement so as to hermeticallyseal all of the chambers for all time.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is In combination, a plurality of burial compartments, a fuel compartment, a hot air compartment provided with a fresh air inlet, a container for moisture absorbent within said compartment, and a burner therein communicating with the fuel supply compartment, a common hot air duct leading from the hot air compartment and branch ducts communicating with respective burial compartments, air outlet ducts from each of the burial compartments connected in a series for the final dischar e, valves for opening or closing against in ow or outflow of air to and from the burial compartments, a. common air chamber above the burial compartments into which all of the air outlet ducts discharge, an air outlet opening from said compartment and disinfectant containers arranged in. staggered relation within said outlet, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WARREN L. LAWREN Witnesses Gnome JEoK, EeoN Dmnnns. 

